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A Perth man who avoided the death penalty for a second time after a Malaysian court rejected an appeal against his earlier acquittal on drugs charges says he feels totally vindicated and always knew the truth would come out.

news.com.au

09 Jul 2014

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MYSTERY surrounds the whereabouts of a Perth man who has twice escaped the death penalty for drug charges in Malaysia.

Dominic Bird was expected to arrive home Saturday afternoon, but he didn’t board the 8.30am flight out of Kuala Lumpur that was reportedly booked for him by his lawyer.

Australian Federal Police told a large media contingent at Perth Airport that they had checked to see if he had boarded one of three flights from Malaysia to Perth, but were unable to locate him on the manifests.

It is not known if he is still in Malaysia, has flown to another destination or is arriving on a later flight

Mr Bird, 34, from Success, defeated an appeal by the Malaysian Government this week to retry him on drug trafficking charges. He had spent 18 months in a Malaysian prison.

Earlier it was reported that he was heading back to Perth.

He twice overcame efforts by Malaysian authorities to have him executed after he was accused of supplying an undercover drug squad detective with 167g of methamphetamine in March 2012.